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ONE WOMAN was killed and two sets of families rendered homeless when fire tore through their Picton Road, Laventille, duplex just before midday yesterday.

The woman was identified as, Verna Regault, 61, and the mother of five.

Within hours of the tragedy, however, the Housing Ministry found apartments in the Laventille area for both families and had handed over the keys to these two units just after 5 p.m.